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- Younger or youngest - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Then 7 years old is the youngest child, 13 years old is the oldest child, 13 and 9 years old are the two older children and 7 and 9 years old are the two younger children This is not question about language but rather a question about sets to me When you are talking about the youngest or the oldest, that should be only one of that kind
- What is the difference between younger and youngest?
Suppose, however, that there are more siblings, and their birth order goes like this: boy, girl, boy, boy, girl Now the eldest brother has two younger brothers and two younger sisters, but only one youngest brother, who is still not the youngest sibling That title belongs to the baby girl
- youngest of his siblings - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
He was one of the youngest among his siblings I don't think this implies the relationship that bothered you (him being his own sibling) Or a cleaner variation: He was among the youngest of his siblings I personally would say casually: He was one of the youngest of his brothers and sisters It's more words, but they're very simple and
- count - How do you refer to number of siblings? - English Language . . .
If you are not the youngest, you could indicate total number and how many are older than you by saying something like, "I'm the third of seven siblings" Or if you don't wish to mention age, you can say, "I'm one of seven siblings"
- grammar - my [young younger youngest] sisters - English Language . . .
Hi, these are my younger sisters This is A and B, who are twins And these are C, D and E D is ##, C is 9, and my youngest sister E, 7 years old I think "respectively" sounds odd, but that probably is just a regional thing
- meaning - Can the eldest sibling of three males call his younger . . .
I referred to my next eldest, the third eldest as my youngest brother I was told that I was dead wrong because he was not younger than me But I am not wrong It dosn't matter how you cut it he is still my youngest brother I never said he was my younger brother, only the youngest of my brothers Of my four brothers as a group, he is the youngest
- again in Today is the oldest youve ever been and the youngest you . . .
“Today is the oldest you've ever been and the youngest you'll ever be again ” This is a play on words "Today is the oldest you've ever been " "Today is the youngest you'll ever be again Both statements are true The second statement requires a little bit more thought "You will never be as young as today, again"
- In vs. of after the superlative form of adjectives
Otherwise, 'youngest member on the team' does not make sense, as 'member of the team' is nigh-on a compound noun Though I suppose an MP playing in a celebrity soccer match alongside say 4 of his colleagues could be the 'youngest Member on the team'
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